Sports · 12 March 2026

Smriti Mandhana retains top spot in women’s ODI rankings, Jemimah slips to 12th

Exam-focused facts from the 12 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • Smriti Mandhana retained the top spot in the latest women’s ODI batting rankings released on Tuesday.
  • Harmanpreet Kaur remained static at eighth spot in the same rankings.
  • Jemimah Rodrigues slipped to 12th position after India lost the three-match ODI series 0-3 against Australia.
  • New Zealand skipper Melie Kerr jumped five places to 11th in the ODI bowler rankings after taking seven wickets in the second match against Zimbabwe in Dunedin.
  • Melie Kerr also climbed one place to fifth in the ODI all-rounder rankings.
  • Brooke Halliday rose eight places to 11th in the ODI batter rankings after scoring 157* from 117 balls in the series opener against Zimbabwe.
  • Maddy Green moved up four spots to equal 22nd in the ODI batter rankings after scoring 67 in the first match and an unbeaten 27* in the second match.
  • Hasini Perera of Sri Lanka rose 15 spots to 28th in the T20I batter rankings following an unbeaten half-century in the third match against West Indies.
  • Imesha Dulani of Sri Lanka climbed 17 rungs to equal 72nd in the T20I batter rankings after an unbeaten 34* in the same match.
  • Kavisha Dilhari of Sri Lanka moved up three spots to 21st in the T20I bowler rankings and two places to 11th in the T20I all-rounder rankings.
  • Afy Fletcher of West Indies climbed four rungs to seventh in the T20I bowler rankings after taking three wickets in the final two games against Sri Lanka.